Written by Susan Gale, Spiritual Energy Mentor
Since 2003, Susan Gale has devoted her life to people of all ages who want to understand intuition. Whether it is a one-on-one session, group class, retreat, or online course, Susan has crafted many ways for those who are interested to learn how soul speaks to them through their personal intuitive language.
Around the year 2000, Nancy Tappe observed that intuitive children had a lot of indigo in their auras. This makes sense because indigo is the color of the third eye, or, as the Navajo language would translate, the eye that sees far. From her observation, the term Indigo Child was coined and an entire industry arose!
However, defining the characteristics and behaviors of an intuitive child is not the same as actual parenting! As a parent and grandparent of intuitive children as well as spending over 30 years working with children who are intuitive, I have come to realize some helpful practices.
Be encouraging to intuitive child
Say things like.
What does your friend look like? Can I ask them some questions too? (I used to do this with my own son until he learned how to interact with spirit people on his own, around age 7; we started around age 3.)
Do you want to know what the colors mean? (Auras, the only book ever written by Edgar Cayce is a great book based on his own experiences to find information on this.)
Did you have any dreams last night? (When my son was very young, around 2, I would call dreams pictures you saw while you were asleep. Even today he will occasionally call me about a dream he has had!)
Incorporate it in your everyday life
When you are driving down the highway, tell the animals to stay off the road. You can also look at something, fix it in your mind, and then ask your child to tell you what you saw. (An intuitive version of “I Spy with my Little Eye”)
When your child asks you a questions, suggest they ask their “friends” (what adults call guides) for the answer.
Go for walks in nature and incorporate listening to the trees and wind as part of the experience.
Don’t make a fuss
Being intuitive is a natural part of our experience. It is not weird or freaky. If you believe we are actually spiritual beings, this is not difficult to accept. When children talk about their friends you cannot see or the colors around people in the store, just calmly ask them to tell you more. If you don’t understand what they are saying, find someone who can explain it to you!
Don’t ask questions like
How do you do that? (No one I have ever met knows the exact mechanics; people just do it.)
How do you know that? (This often causes the child to doubt themselves and begin to ignore their insights)
Are you sure? (Again, this causes self-doubt)
Can you show my friends how you... (showing off is not seen as a good practice in any ethical way to use intuitive abilities It is a deeply sacred act.)
Don’t make comments like
Oh, that’s so cool, I wish I could do that! (Because this is so natural and normal for the child, these kinds of comments make them wonder if they are not normal if their parent cannot do it)
You have an active imagination (it is definitely not imagination, and to say so makes a child begin to shut down)
This is so scary! (This is probably the worst thing you can put into a child’s head!)
If your child is unsettled or frightened, sit with them and be as loving as you can. In spite of what is said on many YouTube shows, waving sage and saying “go away” do not work. Instead this kind of posturing feeds the energy of the spirit who is being obnoxious or scary, making it more likely to stay.
Closing thoughts
Of course, this article does not cover all the possibilities! Many children do not even speak of their experiences because they believe everyone is doing it. I did not know my son was doing this medical practice until, at age 23, he asked me, “Mom, you mean everyone does not see the entire cardiovascular system when they take a pulse?” He was stunned to know they did not!
Be open, be accepting, and be encouraging. And if you don’t understand, find someone who can help you do so! Your intuitive child will have a much easier time as an adult if they can hang onto those abilities!
Susan Gale, Spiritual Energy Mentor
Since 2003, Susan Gale has devoted her life to people of all ages who want to understand intuition. Whether it is a one-on-one session, group class, retreat, or online course, Susan has crafted many ways for those who are interested to learn how soul speaks to them through their personal intuitive language. She is passionate about her mission to create experiences for people of all ages so that they can find their unique connection to spirit. Her work at A Place of Light has not gone unnoticed. She appeared on A&E’s “Psychic Kids: Their Sixth Sense,” and her teachings are mentioned by authors John Holland (Spirit Whisperer), Maureen Hancock (The Medium Next Door), and Caron B. Goode (Kids Who See Ghosts).
